Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Tethys

Tethys is the female Titan of the Ocean and the counterpart to her husband Oceanus. While most famous as the mother of the Oceanids and Potamoi, she played a huge role in the Titanomachy in spite of her neutrality. Rhea brought young Hera to her to protect, educate and raise, knowing her importance to Zeus and the rest of the Olympians. Hera still refers to her as her nurse or grandmother.

Like her husband, her neutrality spared her from Tartarus and she still resides with him in the Atlantic, still occasionally sought out by Hera and the other gods of Olympus.


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